April 5th, 2010

Year after year, the NBA draft is filled with prospects that come from traditional college basketball powers.

Stephen CurryThose high major programs (North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA, etc.) of the college basketball world will always produce the majority of NBA players because of their ability to recruit the top high school talent in the country.

Basketball junkies have sifted through tons of articles previewing or scouting the Final Four. Lucky for you, NBADraft.net was able to get scouting reports from top coaches around the country who either pulled off victories against a current Final Four team during the regular season or fell short in tough, physical matchups.

With West Virginia, Michigan State, Butler and Duke in the Final Four, the pool of NBA prospects that teams have left to scout has dried up. Each of the four teams features a player or two with a shot to get in the first round this year but for the first time in recent memory, no player is a unanimous first round lock. Ask 5 different NBA scouts who the top NBA prospect left in the field is, and you might get 5 different answers.

Columbus, Ohio – The West squad led by MVP Harrison Barnes 18 points was able to edge the East for a 107-104 victory on a last second Brandon Knight three-pointer to claim the 2010 McDonald’s All-American game. Knight, the Gatorade Player of the Year, was off most of the night before hitting the clutch shot in the closing seconds. East MVP Jared Sullinger had a great night with 22 points to lead all scorers as he impressed the hometown crowd in Value City Arena, which will be his home court next year when he suits up for the Buckeyes.